laravel 4 Route::controller() method returns NotFoundHttpException

Question

I am trying to route to a RESTful controller using the following in app/routes.php:

Route::controller('register', 'RegisterController');

Route::get('/', 'HomeController@showWelcome');

In my app/controllers/RegisterController.php file I have added the following:

<?php

class RegisterController extends BaseController 
{
    public function getRegister()
    {
        return View::make('registration');
    }

    public function postRegister()
    {
    $data = Input::all();
    $rules = array(
        'first_name' => array('alpha', 'min:3'),
        'last_name' => array('alpha', 'min:3'),
        'company_name' => array('alpha_num'),
        'phone_number' => 'regex:[0-9()\-]'
    );  
    $validator = Validator::make($data, $rules);
    if ($validator->passes()) {
        return 'Data was saved.';
    }
    return Redirect::to('register')->withErrors($validator);
    }
}

I am getting the following error:

Symfony \ Component \ HttpKernel \ Exception \ NotFoundHttpException

When I run php artisan routes in terminal I get:

+--------+--------------------------------------------------+------+----------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| Domain | URI                                              | Name | Action                     | Before Filters | After Filters |
+--------+--------------------------------------------------+------+----------------------------+----------------+---------------+
|        | GET /register/register/{v1}/{v2}/{v3}/{v4}/{v5}  |      | Register@getRegister       |                |               |
|        | POST /register/register/{v1}/{v2}/{v3}/{v4}/{v5} |      | Register@postRegister      |                |               |
|        | GET /register/{_missing}                         |      | Register@missingMethod     |                |               |
|        | GET /                                            |      | HomeController@showWelcome |                |               |
+--------+--------------------------------------------------+------+----------------------------+----------------+---------------+

I don't understand why register is showing twice in the URI and the second GET action is missing and why I am getting this error.

Anshad Vattapoyil · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-06T19:38:54.690

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If you are using RESTful API, the best way is in your route,

Route::resource('register', 'RegisterController');

And change your public function getRegister() to public function index() and public function postRegister() to public function store()

Then the index() can be access using GET http://localhost/laravel/register and the store() using POST http://localhost/laravel/register

Chaneg the http://localhost/laravel/ with yours.

And the same way the update($id) is used for update and destroy($id) is used for delete

edited Oct 06 '13 at 19:38

answered Oct 06 '13 at 19:31

Anshad Vattapoyil

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Works Perfectly! Thanks for the fast and insightful response. I guess I need to research the difference of using Route::resource() vs Route::controller(). Cheers! – Clay Allen Oct 06 '13 at 20:32
@GeekyGoon if you like, check some of my similar answers here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19196636/laravel-restful-controller-parameters/19196884#19196884 and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19190389/laravel-4-remove-index-on-default-getindex-controller-function/19193669#19193669 then http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19124018/laravel-retrieving-data-from-rest-api/19132837#19132837 – Anshad Vattapoyil Oct 07 '13 at 03:13
If you want to go `Route::controller('register', 'RegisterController')` way, you can use the function names `getIndex` and `postIndex` to achieve the same results. see: [Restful-controllers](http://laravel.com/docs/controllers#restful-controllers) – tharumax Oct 07 '13 at 04:04
Thanks, after both of your responses I realize it makes more sense to allow the UsersController to handle the creation of the new user. I'm getting it all together... – Clay Allen Nov 26 '13 at 07:25

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 24 '13 at 21:46

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Route::controller('register', 'RegisterController');

This will also work if you change it

Route::controller('/', 'RegisterController');

answered Oct 24 '13 at 21:46

Hassan Jamal

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